Teaching Choral Concepts Curriculum

Review

     Every engaged couple should own this book! A valuable guide to planning a successful and satisfying wedding experience, it includes all the important topics couples need to deal with, from the time they become engaged to the day they move into their first residence together. 

Subjects that are thoroughly covered include making arrangements for out-of-town guests, getting blood tests, obtaining a marriage license, mailing invitations, writing thank-you notes, bridal showers, arranging transportation for the bridal party, making arrangements for the honeymoon, ordering tuxedos, bridal registry, planning a budget, gowns for attendants, premarital counseling, obtaining a temple recommend, receiving temple endowments, newspaper announcements, decorating the reception facility, making arrangements for gifts, packing bags for the honeymoon, sending thank-you notes, stocking the kitchen, opening a joint checking account, deciding on necessary expenses, scheduling events, planning a wedding budget, and much more. 

When an engaged couple finishes reading this book, they will know everything they need to do to make their wedding and reception as wonderful as they want them to be. Nothing is left out; nothing goes without explanation and direction. Couples who follow the advice given in this guide will find that planning their wedding is much less work than they might have imagined, and they will start down the road to matrimony with happy contentment rather than frustration and stress. 

Table of Contents

1. Making the Basic Decisions, 11
Choosing the Date and Place, 11
Planning the Plans, 12
Budgeting the Money, 14
Communicating Between the Families of the Bride and Groom, 15

2. What Do We Do First?, 17
Scheduling the Wedding Ceremony, 17
Reserving the Reception Facilities, 18
Having Initial Interviews with Your Bishops, 19

3. The Wedding is Set, What Now?, 21
Scheduling the Rehearsal, 21
Arranging the Wedding Breakfast or Rehearsal Dinner, 21
Arranging an Open House, 22
Engaging a Caterer, 23
Deciding if the Reception is a Do-it-yourself Affair, 25

4. How Do You Invite Others to Celebrate?, 27
Generating the Guest List, 27
Inviting Attendants to Participate in the Wedding Party, 28
Announcing the Engagement in the Newspaper, 28

5. There's Still More to Do, 31
Engaging the Photographer, 31
Acquiring the Wedding Gown, 33
Planning Your Hair Style and Makeup, 35
Ordering Invitations, Announcements, Enclosures and Thank-you Cards, 36
Ordering Flowers, 37
Ordering the Wedding Cake, 38
Engaging Musicians and Selecting Music, 38

6. We're Going to be Mr. and Mrs. Grown-up, 41
Finding a New Home, 41
Making Arrangements for School and Work, 42
Planning an After-marriage Budget, 42
Purchasing Insurance, 43

7. Wow! The Time is Getting Shorter, 45
Having the Bridal Portrait Taken, 45
Getting Premarital Medical Checkups, 46
Receiving Premarital Counseling, 46
Ordering and Fitting Tuxedos, 46
Registering with a Bridal Registry, 47
Addressing Invitations, 48
Mailing Invitations, 48
Completing the Required Medical Tests, 49
Making Arrangements for the Honeymoon, 49
Obtaining the Marriage License, 50
Purchasing Gifts, 51
Making Arrangements for Out-of-Town Guests, 52
Being Available for Bridal Showers and Parties, 52

8. Planning a Temple Wedding, 53
Receiving Temple Endowments, 53
Scheduling the Temple Wedding, 54
Inviting Guests to the Temple, 54
Obtaining a Recommend for Your Temple Marriage, 55

9. Last-minute Arrangements, 57
Checking All Previous Plans, 57
Sending the Wedding Announcement to the Newspaper, 57
Making Arrangements for Gifts, 58
Packing Honeymoon Bags, 58
Preparing the Car and Protecting it During the Reception, 59

10. After the Wedding, 61
Registering the Marriage License, 61
Writing the Thank-you Notes, 61
Stocking the Kitchen, 62
Selecting a Bank and Opening a Joint Account, 63

11. Planning Checklists, 65
Beginning Checklist-Ideally at Least Four to Six Months Prior to the Wedding, 65
About Four Months Prior to the Wedding, 66
About Six Weeks Prior to the Wedding, 67
The Month Prior to the Wedding, 68
Two Weeks Prior to the Wedding 68
The Day of the Wedding, 70
After the Wedding, 70

12. Division of Expenses, 73

13. Your Personal Schedule, 75

14. Planning Your Wedding Budget, 83

About the Author, 87
Index, 90
Notes, 94

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